Combined wagon box and rack.



No. aa|,2o4. Patented Aug. 27, L901.

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COMBIN ED WAGON BOX AND RACK.

(Applicationfiled Sept. 24, 1900.)

( No Model.)

UNITED STATES To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ROBERT BURTON ELLI- OTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at; Sugarridge, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefnl Improvement in a Combined WagonBoX andRack, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to improvements in X agon-bodies; and the main object of my invention is theprovision of a body which may i be, employed as a grain-box or a hay or straw rack, a .novel construction of joints'being provided to support the sides when extended.

I have illustrated my invention in the ac- I companying drawings, in which' a Figure l is a perspective View of my invention used as a grain-box or wagon-bod y. I Fig. J 2 is a similar view with the sides swung open as when used as a stock-rack or hay-rack. Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective, and Fig. 4 is a detail View, of the bottom and sides, showing the construction of the joint at the junction i of the standards and the beds cross-pieces. f I Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bed A of the wagon is provided with the sides B, front end-gate O,and rear endlgate D. The sides operate asfolding leaves and are connected to the body by hinges a. They. are normallyheld in position by means of the iron plates or flanges I), attached by means of bolts to the standards 0, which project below the sides and are mitered upon their inner sides. Secured to the under side of the bed and in line with the standards c I are the cross-pieces d, which have their outer a ends mitered,so as to fit flush with the mitered fiends of the standards 0 when the sides are extended, the plate 17 being adapted when the sidesare extended to contact. the under side of the cross-pieces cl and steady the joint.

lhe wooden pieces or braces h are secured to the bed upon the under side and run length ROBERT BURTON ELLIOTT, or SUGARRIDGE, OHIO.

COMBINED WAGON BOX AND RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,204, dated August 2'7, 1901. Application filed $eptember 24, 1900. Serial No. ,953. (No model.)

wise thereof, being adapted to rest upon the bolster of a running-gear and give the body an even support throughout its length. I secure a cross-piece 2' upon the pieces h, so that the wagon-body may be more readily held in place.

The front end-gate is rigidly secured to the bed, while the rear endgate is swingingly secured by means of hinges to the top part of the frame K, which is rigidly secured to the bed, the gate being adapted to be swung outward when the body is in use as a grainbox or stock-rack.

I employ a rod 6 with eyes and hooks, so that the sides may be extended and be additionally supported by connecting these-rods to the gates and sides.

From thisdescription it is evident. that I provide a wagon-body which may be converted into agrain=box, a hay-rack, ora stockrack, as the sides may be closed when the bodyis used as a grain-box or wagon-body and be swung open either upon one or both sides to form a stock or hay rack, as desired.

I claim--- In the herein-described wagon-body, a bed, a series of cross-pieces secured upon the under side thereof and having mitered ends, sides hinged to said bed and adapted to swing outwardly, standards secured to the sides having Initered lower ends to contact the mitered outer ends of the cross-pieces when the sides are extended, and flanges or braces carried by the said lower ends of the standards adapted to contact the lower sides of the cross-pieces when the sides are extended.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT BURTON ELLIOTT Witnesses:

ROY KINTNER, ROBERT P. CAMPBELL. 

